Tabs
Alien
Bush
| Michael R. Oliver |
This song is a really cool & mellow song written by Gavin Rossdale.
It is off the Sixteen Stone album. If anyone has any information
Bush touring New York area, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, e-mail me.
here is the song. (this is the best i could do!)
Bass parts
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in the song, there are many parts where the bass plays the main riff.
it is basically the same riff with a slight variation.
G+G |---------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD |---11-----9----7---9--7--2---4------4-----4-----4---4----|
A augmentedA |-0-----0-----0---0-------0---0---0-----0-----0----0---0--|
E MajorE |---------------------------------------------------------|
G+G |---------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD |---11-----9----7---7---7--9--4----4---4---4--------------|
A augmentedA |-0-----0-----0---0---0----0--0--0---0---0----------------|
E MajorE |---------------------------------------------------------|
**guitar will sometimes play the same thing as the bass is playing
guitar
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notations:
v=vibrato
s=let note or notes ring
h=hammer on
part A:
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i'm pretty sure that this is the chorus
A augmentedA |-----| G+G |-----| D MajorD |-----| 
BB |-----|
|-----| |-----| |-----| |-----|
|-----| |-----| |--7--| |--4--|
|--7--| |--5--| |--7--| |--4--| (the BB could be a C-chord)
|--7--| |--5--| |--5--| |--2--|
|--5--| |--3--| |-----| |-----|
the chorus pretty much goes like that A-G-D-B progression
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Fill #1:
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this is played frequently in the song, if you listen
you will be able to here where.
E MajorE |--------------------------|
BB |--------------------------|
G+G |--------------------------| (play as many times as needed)
D MajorD |--9h11--9h11--9h11--9h11--|
A augmentedA |--------------------------|
E MajorE |--------------------------|
*********************************************************************
Fill #2:
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this part comes in at 1.50 in the song (after 1st chorus), and
maybe some other parts, i don't know i didn't check.
E MajorE |---------------------------------|
BB |-----5-----------5--------5------|(play as many times as needed)
G+G |-----------7---------7--------7--|(improvise when needed)
D MajorD |--7-----7-----7----7----7---7----|
A augmentedA |---------------------------------|
E MajorE |---------------------------------|
**********************************************************************
Fill #3:
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this part comes in at about 2.05
E MajorE |------------------------|
BB |------------------------|
G+G |--9--9---7--------------|
D MajorD |------------7--7--9h11--|
A augmentedA |------------------------|
E MajorE |------------------------|
***********************************************************************
Fill #4:
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this part comes in at about 2.27, it is a gradual bend
* **
E MajorE |-------------------|
BB |-------------------|
G+G |--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| (close enough)
D MajorD |-------------------|
A augmentedA |-------------------|
E MajorE |-------------------|
*=start gradual bend, bend up 1/2 step slowly
**=finish of last note when you finally reach the 1/2 step bend
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Fill #5:
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starts at 3.01, then just play the octave slide again at about 3.11,
3.19, 3.26, and maybe at some other places that i missed
bend up a whole step
E MajorE |--------------------------------------------|
BB |--/\----------------------------------------|
G+G |--9---7v---9---7--7--x--x--7/9--9--9--9/11--|
D MajorD |---------------------x--x-------------------|
A augmentedA |---------------5--5--x--x--5/7--7--7--7/9---|
E MajorE |--------------------------------------------|
************************************************************************
Part B:
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this part comes at about 3.38
E MajorE |----------------------------------------------------------|
BB |----------------------------------------------------------|
G+G |--5s-----5-----5-----5--5--7--5s-----5-----5-----5--5--7--|
D MajorD |--5s-----5--2--5--2--5--5--7--5s-----5--2--5--2--5--5--7--|
A augmentedA |--3s-----3--2--3--2--3--3--5--3s-----3--2--3--2--3--3--5--|
E MajorE |------------0-----0---------------------0-----0-----------|
E MajorE |--------------------------------------------|
BB |--------------------------------------------|
G+G |--5-5-5-5-----------------------------------|
D MajorD |--5-5-5-5-etc......-------------------------|
A augmentedA |--3-3-3-3-(play the c-chord a lot of times--|
E MajorE |--------------------------------------------|
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there is an outro solo at the end of the song somewhere around
4 minutes into the song (give or take 20 seconds), i don't have
time to figure it out, however, if you would like to write you own
little solo for it (like i have) the below notes will work just really
good for a solo. If you do it right, it could sound really great.
The notes are in no particular order, just from high to low, work with
it see what happens.
E MajorE |---------------------------------------------------------|
BB |---------------------------------------------------------|
G+G |---------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD |------------------0--2--4--6--7--9--11--14--16--18--19---|
A augmentedA |----------0--2--4----------------------------------------|
E MajorE |-0--2--4-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE |----------------------------------------------------------|
BB |---------------------------(7--8--10--12--14--15--17--19)-|
G+G |--7--9--11--14--16--18--19--------------------------------|
D MajorD |----------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA |----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE |----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE |-(7--9--10--12--14--15--17--19)-|
BB |--------------------------------|
G+G |--------------------------------|
D MajorD |--------------------------------|
A augmentedA |--------------------------------|
E MajorE |--------------------------------|
work with it
p.s. the notes in the parenthesis, i don't use 'em, it sounds
better if you don't but if you want to go ahead
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there is probabaly tons of corrections to be made. Either E-Mail me
or just make the changes. Any suggestions, comments, requests,
THANK-YOU notes, or anything else, just e-mail me ([email protected]).
have fun with the song.
don't forget, print it out on the NOTEPAD
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